[MacDV] Re: Transferring DVD to VHS

[Brian Olesky]

On 4/25/05 11:09 AM, "sb" <videovideo at mac.com> wrote:

> Your powerbook has S-video out and audio out as well. Just use it as the DVD
> player. You can buy the cables from RadioShack for about $10.

Great suggestion. I'd completely forgotten the AlBook has an S-video out
port. But I thought S-video outputs both video and sound. Is that incorrect?
If so, how do I output the sound?
> 
> You could even present your reel from iMovie using the full screen/high
> quality mode, for the highest quality presentation.
> If you use bookmarks in your timeline, you can skip directly to a section.
> 
> Then just hand them the DVD to keep after you leave.

Just one other issue--sometimes they have pretty elaborate cabinetry making
the TV impossible to connect to. So I'd still like to have some kind of VHS
backup, just in case (though VHS is pretty grim.)

Thanks for the valuable tips,
Brian
> 
> regards,
> 
> sb
> 
> 
> On 4/25/05 9:03 AM, "Brian Olesky" <brian4 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'm a freelance writer and when I call on prospective clients, I've always
>> showed my reel of TV spots and corporate videos on VHS, meaning I'd have to
>> go to a professional studio and have a new one made every year or so.
>> 
>> However, thanks to my 15" 1.5 gig AlBook, iMovie and iDVD, I'm now able to
>> build custom DVD reels for each pitch, a huge step forward--both in content
>> and quality. However sometimes the people I'm talking to don't have a DVD
>> player in the room, and I have to show my reel on VHS (ugh).
>> 
>> So, now that I'm making custom reels on DVD, what's the best transfer method
>> for these VHS presentations?
>> 
>> Should I buy one of those combo DVD/VHS set top boxes to do the transfer?
>> Are some better than others at this kind of task? (I recently saw one at a
>> Sam's Warehouse for $118).
>> 
>> Would the quality be the same running a cable from my standalone DVD player
>> to my standalone VHS player to do the transfer?
>> 
>> Or would I be best off running some kind of cable from my AlBook to the
>> client's TV and showing it directly from the original file?
>> 
>> Quality is important, as the material contains high-end video and sound and
>> I'd like it to retain as much quality as possible.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
> 
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